Baucis and Philemon Translation

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Iuppiter huc

Jupiter [came] here

specie mortali

in mortal guise

cumque parente venit Atlantiades

and with [his] parent came the grandson of Atlas,

positis caducifer alis.

the staff-bearer, having put down his wings.

mille domos adiere

A thousand homes they approached

locum requiemque petentes,

seeking room and rest,

mille domos clausere serae.

a thousand homes shut [their] bolts.

tamen una recepit,

However, one received [them],

parva quidem

a small [one] indeed,

stipulis et canna tecta palustri,

covered with straw and marshy reed,

sed pia Baucis anus

but dutiful Baucis, an old woman,

parilique aetate Philemon

and Philemon, of equal age,

illa sunt annis iuncti iuvenalibus,

were married in it in [their] youthful years;

illa consenuere casa

in that cottage they grew old together,

paupertatemque fatendo effecere levem

and made [their] poverty light by admitting [it]

nec iniqua mente ferendo;

and not bearing [it] with discontented mind;

nec refert,

and it did not matter,

dominos illic famulosne requiras:

[whether] you asked for masters or slaves there:

tota domus duo sunt,

the two were the whole household,

idem parentque iubentque.

the same [people] both obeyed and ordered.

ergo ubi caelicolae parvos tetigere penates

Therefore, when the heaven-dwellers arrived at the little house,

summissoque humiles intrarunt vertice postes,

and entered the low doorposts with bowed head,

membra senex posito iussit relevare sedili;

the old man bid [them] relax [their] limbs on a positioned couch;

cui superiniecit textum rude sedula Baucis

over which busy Baucis threw a rough covering.

inde foco tepidum cinerem dimovit

Then she raked through the warm ashes on the hearth

et ignes suscitat hesternos

and rekindled yesterday's fire

foliisque et cortice sicco nutrit

and fed [it] with leaves and dry bark

et ad flammas anima producit anili

and coaxed it towards flames with an old woman's breath.

multifidasque faces ramaliaque arida tecto detulit

And down from the roof she brought finely-split sticks and dry twigs

et minuit parvoque admovit aeno,

and she chopped [them up] and placed [them under] a little pot,

quodque suus coniunx riguo collegerat horto, truncat holus foliis;

and the greens, which her husband had gathered in the well-watered garden, she stripped off [their] leaves;

furca levat ille bicorni sordida terga suis

he, with a two-pronged fork, lifted down the smoked back of pig,

nigro pendentia tigno

hanging from a blackened beam,

servatoque diu resecat de tergore partem exiguam

and he cut off from the long-saved back a very small part

sectamque domat ferventibus undis.

and he tenderised the cut in the boiling water.

interea medias fallunt sermonibus horas

Meanwhile they whiled away the intervening hours with conversations

sentirique moram prohibent.

and prevented a delay being noticed.

erat alveus illic fagineus

There was a bowl there made of beechwood,

dura clavo suspensus ab ansa;

hung on a nail by [its] hard handle;

is tepidis impletur aquis

it was filled with warm water

artusque fovendos accipit.

and received [their] limbs for refreshing.

in medio torus est de mollibus ulvis

In the middle [of the room] was a mattress of soft sedge

impositus lecto

placed on a couch

sponda pedibusque salignis;

with willow frame and feet;

vestibus hunc velant,

this they covered with coverlets,

quas non nisi tempore festo sternere consuerant,

which they were not accustomed to spread out except at festive times,

sed et haec vilisque vetusque vestis erat,

but even this coverlet was cheap and old,

lecto non indignanda saligno.

not unworthy of a willow couch.

accubuere dei.

The gods reclined.

interea totiens haustum cratera

Meanwhile, as often as the mixing bowl [was] emptied,

repleri sponte sua per seque vident succrescere vina:

they saw [that it] was refilled of its own accord and the wine supplied spontaneously.

attoniti novitate pavent

Astonised at the strangeness they were fearful,

manibusque supinis

and with hands facing upward

concipiunt Baucisque preces timidusque Philemon

Baucis and fearful Philemon uttered prayers

et veniam dapibus nullisque paratibus orant.

and begged a pardon for the banquet and [its] non-existent preparations.

unicus anser erat,

There was only one goose,

minimae custodia villae,

guardian of the tiny house,

quem dis hospitibus domini mactare parabant;

which [its] masters were preparing to sacrifice for the gods, [their] guests;

ille celer penna tardos aetate fatigat

quick-winged, it wore [them] out, slow with age

eluditque diu

and eluded [them] for a long time

tandemque est visus ad ipsos confugisse deos.

and at last seemed to flee for refuge towards the gods themselves.

superi vetuere necari

The gods forbade that it be killed

"di" que "sumus," ... dixerunt,

and said, "we are the gods,"

"meritasque luet vicinia poenas inpia"

"and the wicked neighbourhood will pay just punishment"

"vobis immunibus huius esse mali dabitur"

"you will be allowed to escape this disaster"

"modo vestra relinquite tecta"

"just leave your home"

"ac nostros comitate gradus"

"and accompany our steps,"

"et in ardua montis ite simul!"

"and go to the heights of the mountain together!"

parent ambo

They both obeyed

baculisque levati

and, supported by sticks,

nituntur longo vestigia ponere clivo.

they struggled to place [their] steps on the the long hillside.

tantum aberant summo,

They were as far away from the top

quantum semel ire sagitta missa potest;

as an arrow, fired in one shot, can go;

flexere oculos

they turned [their] eyes

et mersa palude cetera prospiciunt,

and saw in the distance the rest submerged in marsh,

tantum sua tecta manere.

only their own home remained.

dumque ea mirantur,

And while they gazed in wonder at this,

dum deflent fata suorum,

while they wept at the fates of their own,

illa vetus dominis etiam casa parva duobus

that old cottage, small even for two occupants,

vertitur in templum;

was turned into a temple;

furcas subiere columnae,

columns took the place of the forked supports,

stramina flavescunt

the straw turned yellow

aurataque tecta videntur

and the roof appeared to be gilded

caelataeque fores

and the doors carved

adopertaque marmore tellus.

and the ground covered in marble.

talia tum placido Saturnius edidit ore:

Then the son of Saturn spoke such things with a calm mouth:

"dicite, iuste senex"

"Say, just old man,"

"et femina coniuge iusto digna,"

"and woman worthy of a just husband,"

"quid optetis."

"what you wish for."

cum Baucide pauca locutus

Having spoken a few [words] with Baucis

iudicium superis aperit commune Philemon:

Philemon revealed [their] joint decision to the gods:

"esse sacerdotes ... poscimus,"

"We ask to be priests,"

"delubraque vestra tueri"

"and to watch over your shrine,"

"et quoniam concordes egimus annos,"

"and since we have spent years together,"

"auferat hora duos eadem,"

"may the same hour carry off the two [of us],"

"nec coniugis umquam busta meae videam,"

"and may I never see the tomb of my wife"

"neu sim tumulandus ab illa."

"and may I not have to be buried by her."

vota fides sequitur:

Fulfilment followed [their] prayers:

templi tutela fuere,

they became guardians of the temple

donec vita data est;

while life was given.